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Ministry of Defence
INDIAN NAVAL SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT STANDBY FOR RESCUE AND RELIEF OPS CYCLONIC STORM ‘GULAB’
As the Cyclonic Storm ‘Gulab’ formed in the Bay of Bengal is expected to make landfall between North Andhra Pradesh and South Odisha coast in the next 12 hours, the Indian Navy is closely monitoring the movement of the Cyclonic Storm. Headquarters, Eastern Naval Command, and Naval Officers-in-Charge Odisha Area have carried out preparatory activities to combat the effects of Cyclone and is in constant liaison with the State Administrations for rendering assistance as required.
As part of the preparedness, Flood Relief Teams and Diving Teams are prepositioned at Odisha and are ready at Visakhapatnam to render immediate assistance. Two Naval ships are at sea with Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief  material and medical teams to render assistance in the most affected areas. Naval aircraft are kept ready at Naval Air Stations, INS Dega at Visakhapatnam and INS Rajali near Chennai to undertake an aerial survey of the most affected areas, casualty evacuation, and airdrop of relief material as required.
Ministry of Defence
Army Carries Out Capacity Building Tour for Students of Kishtwar District to IMA, Dehradun
An Indian Army sponsored Capacity Building Tour comprising of 22 students and three teachers of Kishtwar District of Jammu and Kashmir returned to Batote after a ten-days tour which included visit to New Delhi and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. The team was flagged-in at Batote on 11 Sep 2019 amidst a rousing welcome in a befitting ceremony.
Over the period of ten days i.e from 02 Sep to 11 Sep 2019, the budding youth of Kishtwar District were exposed to a unique experience which entailed visit to premier military institution such as Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, icons of historical legacy such as the Rashtrapati Bhawan, India Gate, & National War Memorial and scientific establishments such as Science Meseum, Nehru Planetarium and Forest Research Institute.
The main attraction of the visit was tour to Indian Military Academy where in the students and teachers witnessed the Gentleman Cadet’s training activities and world class infrastructure available in the Academy. The tour team was also taken to Khetarpal Auditorium of the academy and was shown “Making of Warrior” movie to motivate the young boys to join Indian Armed Forces. The team also interacted with dignitaries of the Indian Army during their voyage with an overall aim to instill self-confidence and motivate them for a bright future.
The visit also focused on exposing the students to the career opportunities available in the Indian Army as well as Government Sector wherein the students were made to visit the much famed Baalnoi Academy which prepares students for competitive exams including Services Selection Board for entry as officers in the Army.
The visit also incorporated leisure slots which included Metro Train Ride, visit to Select City Mall, Musoorie Town and to a Movie theater which was a thrilling experience for the boys who were never exposed to cosmopolitan cities. The students were amazed and motivated after watching ‘Mission Mangal’ Movie.
The students and teachers were bubbling with eagerness to share their experiences and knowledge gained during the tour with others in their Schools and villages. They thanked Indian Army for organising the tour which provided them a unique opportunity to broaden their horizon.
Indian Army has been regularly conducting such tours for students from remote regions of Jammu and Kashmir.
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Shri Dharmendra Pradhanlaunches world-class premium grade Petrol  in the country
Government is committed to Ease of Living for the people of country: Shri Pradhan
In a move that can be a potential game-changer in the petroleum fuel retail market in India, IndianOil has launched world-class premium grade Petrol  in the country today. Branded as XP100, the premium grade petrol was launched across ten cities by Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel. Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Tarun Kapoor, Shri Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, Chairman, IndianOil, and other senior officials of the Ministry and Indianoil were present in the virtual event.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Pradhan said that the technology for India’s first100 Octane petrol has been indigenously created by IndianOil R&D, and this is indeed a matter of pride. He said that this is yet another step in the direction of Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative which the Government is keenly implementing in energy sector, in line with our Prime Minister’s Energy Vision. The Minister said that the availability of XP100 puts India in an elite group of countries, having access to such high quality oil. It will provide high quality and power to the engine. The Minister said that Indianoil has been a leader in development and adoption of technology. He said that the competition among the Indian PSUs has benefitted the country and the people of India. He said that India has already adopted BS-VI category of fuel since April this year, and invested over Rs 30,000 crore in the technology. Shri Pradhan said that the launch of XP100 shows that the Government is committed to Ease of Living for the people of country.
IndianOil plans to roll-out XP100 premium grade petrol in 15identified cities across the country in two phases. In the first phase, it has been made available at select ROs w.e.f December 1, 2020, in Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Agra, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Mumbai, Pune and Ahmedabad. In the second phase, the availability of this 100 Octane petrol would be extended to Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kochi, and Kolkata. These cities have been selected basis their aspirational demographics and availability of high-end cars and bikes dealerships in these cities.
High-end premium vehicles equipped with the latest technology are fully geared to reap the full-throttle benefits of 100 Octane petrol. Worldwide, 100 Octane petrol has a niche market for luxury vehicles that demand high performance, and is available only in six countries like Germany, USA, etc.
Ministry of Science & Technology
SERB Women Excellence Awardee’s work has potential to discover resistance-free membrane-centric drugs for infectious diseases
Dr.Shobhna Kapoor, Assistant Professor at IIT Bombay who’s study of roles played by lipids in infectious diseases at molecular level and inventorying the pathogenic lipid-induced effects in host cell membrane properties, has tremendous potential to discover and design resistance-free membrane-centric drugs/drug targets for infectious diseases has received the SERB Women Excellence Award for 2021. Lipids are molecules that contain hydrocarbons and make up the building blocks of the structure and function of living cells. Examples of lipids include fats, oils, waxes, certain vitamins , hormones and most of the cell membrane that is not made up of protein.
The award instituted by Science and Engineering Research Board , Department of Science and Technology , recognises and rewards outstanding research achievements of young women scientists in frontier areas of Science and Engineering.
Dr.Shobhna Kapoor’s work at the interface of physical and life sciences inspires the development of lipid chemical tools for probing fundamental problems in biology by leveraging the physical chemistry modules that dictate membrane structure and function.
Pathogens, including Mycobacterium Tuberculosis that causes Tuberculosis, and SARs-COV-2 that causes COVID-19, have evolved to use their lipids to modify processes in the host cell during infection as well to mitigate action of drugs. These observations bring biomembranes to the forefront for developing novel anti-infective strategies that rely on affecting membrane structure and function, which has rarely been investigated. This is the major focus of Dr. Shobhna’s research.
The recent SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has created a massive push to develop effective anti-infective therapies against this and future viral and bacterial pandemics. An exciting paradigm for broad-spectrum, anti-infective intervention relies on targeting the lipid membrane, which is currently being pursued in her group.
Using structurally diverse pathogenic lipids from mycobacterium tuberculosis  as chemical biology tools, her group has investigated the correlation between host lipid membrane structural modification and modulation of membrane-associated signaling. Their work has substantiated the host cell membrane insertion and modification of cellular immune processes as a previously unknown mode of action of virulent Mtb lipids, wherein Mtb can fine-tune its interaction with the host governed by the nature of its exposed lipids. Their output provides avenues for developing lipid-centric therapeutic approaches against mycobacteria and other infectious agents, which up till now remained unexplored. In future, Dr. Shobhna seeks to validate the viral and bacterial membrane as novel drug targets and screening platforms for drug action.
[For more details, Dr. Shobhna Kapoor  can be contacted.]
Ministry of Railways
1000th Trip of Kisan Rail of Central Railway Flagged Off
Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister of Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India flagged off the 1000th trip of Kisan Rail on Central Railway from Savda, Maharashtra to Adarsh Nagar, Delhi through weblink on 3.2.2022. The train from Savda to Adarsh Nagar Delhi had 23 coaches in which 453 tons of banana were transported. So far, 3.45 lacs farm produce has been transported in 1000th Kisan Rail from Central Railway.
While addressing the gathering Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare said that our country is agriculture oriented and under the able leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi implemented number of initiatives for betterment of farmers. He also said transportation of perishables such as fruits and vegetables to markets at distant places at reasonable cost to get better price through Kisan Rail was one such scheme. Shri Tomar also said that he is very happy to be present on this occasion of flagging off of 1000th trip of Kisan Rail on Central Railway as he was present on the occasion of flagging off of 1st Kisan Rail and 100th Kisan Rail at the hands of Hon’ble Prime Minister.
Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister of Railways said that Hon’ble Prime Minister always keeps the farmer at center of focus and initiated various steps for the betterment of farmers. Kisan Rail is one such initiative which allows farmers to transport their agriculture produce to distant market places economically and quickly. He also mentioned with pride about the banana of Jalgaon which has got GI-Tag. He further congratulated the farmers of Jalgaon and appealed to come forward with suggestions, if any, for further improvement.
Shri Raosaheb Dadarao Patil Danve, Minister of State for Railways, Coal and Mines, Government of India and Smt. Raksha Khadse, Member of Parliament also appreciated the initiatives taken by Railways towards betterment of farmers.
Shri Chandrakant Patil and Shri Shirish Chaudhari, MLAs were present at Savda railway station on the occasion.
Shri V.K. Tripathi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Railway Board welcomed the gathering and briefed about the running of Kisan Rail since its inception and how it is gathering popularity amongst the small farmers. Shri Anil Kumar Lahoti, General Manager, Central Railway presented the vote of thanks from Mumbai.
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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Government to organise a Mega multimedia exhibition on the occasion of International Women's Day
Various women centric training sessions to take place in association with Kolhapur Municipal Corporation and Zilla Parishad Kolhapur
Central Bureau of Communication’s Field Office in Kolhapur  works with the mandate to take schemes, policies and programmes of Government of India to masses with the help of interpersonal communication.
Tomorrow i.e. on 8th March, on the occasion of International Women’s Day CBC field office Kolhapur is arranging an exhibition cum awareness generating programme on the theme of women empowerment.
This exhibition to be arranged in Rankala Garden in front of Shalini Palace will showcase various schemes undertaken by Central, state government as well as Kolhapur municipal corporation for the betterment of women.
The Exhibition which will be arranged for 5 days between 8th March and 12th March, will be rich in multimedia component featuring experiences like AR, VR component, Digital Quizzes etc.
Press Information Bureau Mumbai has arranged a series of training sessions and workshops on the sideline of this exhibition and they are as follows:
In the inaugural session, a digital literacy camp for women will be organized by Mann deshi Foundation, which works for financial and digital literacy of women. Workshop by Mann Deshi Foundation will involve hands on training, experience sharing and visit to their exhibition bus. This session will begin at 11:30 am.
Senior lawyer Dr. Santosh Shah will address a training session on the second day  of the exhibition to educate women on legal literacy, especially on property and other laws. This session will begin at 10 am.
On the fourth day of the program on March 11, Eklavya Foundation, will organize a training camp for children from economically disadvantaged sections on the topic of Higher Education Opportunities after 10th and 12th and will select promising children and help them further in higher education. Poonam Dhoble will guide this session from 2 pm to 4 pm.
Some cultural programmes through cultural troupes will also take place during the prorgramme.
Similar exhibitions were arranged on the occasion of Independence Day, in the premises of Shri Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus Kolhapur and in Miraj Junction on the occasion of National Unity Day.
CBC requests public at large to visit and benefit from the exhibition.
Click here to watch live training session by Mann Deshi Foundation - Multimedia Exhibition on International Women's Day at Rankala Kolhapur
AYUSH
G20 presidency’s first Health Working Group meeting held at Thiruvananthapuram
Medical Value Travel is an essential component to address vulnerabilities and disparities of healthcare systems: Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha
The G20 member countries held a constructive discussion during India G20 presidency’s first Health Working Group meeting held at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. One of the highlights of three days meeting was a side event on Medical Value Travel. Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary, Ministry of Ayush delivered the keynote address during panel discussion on Achieving Holistic Wellbeing through Integrated Healthcare. Dr. V K Paul, Member , NITI Aayog and Union Health Secretary Shri Rajesh Bhushan were also present along with delegates of G20 countries.
On this occasion, Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary, Ministry of Ayush said, “We have witnessed a paradigm shift in health seeking behaviour of patients after Covid towards Holistic Health and wellbeing. The dream of New Healthy Self-Reliant Health System is only possible when high quality, affordable and accessible health services are being provided to all equitably. Increasing service accessibility to various health care systems leveraged with evidence, accreditations, and latest medical technologies.”
‘One World, One Health’ resonance with the principle of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, meaning whole world is considered as a whole family where everybody is equal. Equitable access to affordable and quality healthcare without financial hardships to the patient would be one important outcome. He stressed that connecting the globe through medical value travel based on integrated health care will serve to address the disparities in existing healthcare systems.
Talking on Universal Health Coverage Secretary, Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha said integrative healthcare based on evidence based traditional medicine practices and modern system would be helpful in achieving Universal Health Coverage through quality; efficiency; equity; accountability, sustainability, and resilience. These attributes of the Universal Health Coverage also function as the core principles to guide the decision makers in designing a comprehensive integrative health Care.
During the three-day G20 India first Health Working Group meeting delegates discussed health priorities like Health emergencies prevention and preparedness, strengthening cooperation in pharmaceutical sector and digital health innovation & solutions. The delegates also participated in a morning yoga session held on day 2 and visited the Somatheeram Ayurveda Village at Kovalam, Kerala to understand holistic healthcare service delivery system.
Representatives from the G20 member countries including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkiye, The United Kingdom, United States of America and European Union attended the event. Special invitee countries included Bangladesh, Egypt, Mauritius, Nigeria, Singapore, Spain, Sultanate of Oman, The Netherlands and United Arab Emirates participated.
Prime Minister's Office
PM addresses at foundation stone laying of MaaUmiya Dham Development Project in Gujarat
“Devotees should participate in the enterprise with a sense of spiritual purpose as well as a purpose of social service”
Exhorts people to take up organic farming, new cropping patterns
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi spoke today at the foundation stone laying of MaaUmiya Dham Development Project involving Umiya Mata Dham temple and temple premises in Gujarat, via video conferencing today.
The Prime Minister said that the project is a perfect example of the notion of ‘SabkaPrayas’ as this auspicious project will be fulfilled with the efforts of all. He emphasized that the devotees should participate in the enterprise with a sense of spiritual purpose as well as a purpose of social service as serving the people is the biggest worship.
The Prime Minister asked the gathering to include element of skill development in all the aspects of the organization. “In our older times, the family set up used to have the structure so as to pass on the skill as a legacy to the next generation. Now the social fabric has changed a lot, so we will have to do this by setting up mechanism required for the same”, he said.
Shri Modi recalled his Visit to Unjha during the BetiBachaoBetiPadhao campaign. During that visit he had stressed that steep fall in the female birth rate is a stigma. He thanked the people for accepting the challenge and gradually a situation is emerging where number of Girls has almost become equivalent to the Boys. Similarly, he recalled the blessings of MaaUmiya and the devotees’ participation in dealing with the water situation in the region. He thanked them for adopting Drip Irrigation system in a big way.
The Prime Minister said if MaaUmiya is the spiritual guide, our land is our life. He expressed satisfaction about adoption of Soil Health Card in the region. He asked the people to switch to the organic farming in the North Gujarat region. Organic farming can also be termed as Zero Budget Farming. “Alright, if you do not find my request suitable, I would suggest an alternative.If you have a farm land of 2 Acres, try doing the organic farming at least in 1 acre and for the rest of 1 acre, do it as usual. Try the same for another year. In case if you find it beneficial, then you can switch to Organic Farming for entire 2 acres. This will save the cost and shall result in a rejuvenation of our land”, he requested. He invited them to participate in the programme on Organic farming on 16th December. He requested them to adopt new crop patterns and crops.
Election Commission
Bye Election to 37-Rampur AC of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly – Revision of bye election Schedule
The vacancy in 37-Rampur AC of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly was occurred on 27th October, 2022 due to disqualification of Shri Mohammad Azam Khan.
The Commission vide Press Note No. ECI/PN/83/2022 dated 5th November, 2022, announced schedule for bye election to fill vacancy occurred due to disqualification of Shri Mohammad Azam Khan for 37-Rampur AC along with other vacancies in various States which was as follows-
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10th November, 2022 
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17th November, 2022 
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18th November, 2022 
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21st November, 2022 
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10th December, 2022

A Writ Petition No. 980/2022 in Mohammad Azam Khan Vs. Election Commission of India & others was filed before the Hon’ble Supreme Court. The Hon’ble Supreme Court heard the matter on 9th November, 2022 and has directed the Additional Sessions Judge, Rampur before whom the appeal has been filed shall pre-pone the hearing of the application for stay of conviction and take it up peremptorily on 10th November, 2022 and the application shall be disposed of on same day i.e. 10th November, 2022. The Gazette notification for declaring the election schedule for the 37-Rampur AC may be issued on or after 11th November, 2022 depending upon the outcome of the application for stay of conviction.
The Addition Session Judge, Rampur, heard the matter and has not granted stay in the matter.
The Commission after considering the matter and having due regard to the Order of the Hon’ble Supreme Court and Order passed by Learned Addition Session Judge, Rampur, has decided to revise the schedule of bye election in 37-Rampur AC of Uttar Pradesh as follows-
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Revised schedule for Bye Election
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10th December, 2022
Ministry of Electronics & IT
Indigenous technology developed by IIT Kharagpur for BLDC motor and smart controller for e-Rickshaws transferred for commercial production
This technology has been developed under Ministry’s programme for Indigenous Development of Electric Vehicle Sub-systems
It is a fact that more than 90% of the components and its technology for Electric Vehicles  are being imported in our country which are not suitable as per our environment, road and traffic conditions. Therefore, to address this challenge and to increase the local manufacturing, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology  has initiated a programme for Indigenous Development of Electric Vehicle Sub-systems. Initially, technology development for 2W/3W has been taken up as it contributes to more than 80% of the vehicles on our roads.
An Indigenous, Efficient, Affordable and Certified BLDC motor and smart controller for e-Rickshaws has been developed by IIT Kharagpur under the above mentioned program. Yesterday this technology was transferred to M/s Brushless Motor India Pvt Ltd. for commercial production in the gracious presence of Shri Alkesh Kumar Sharma, Secretary, MeitY, Dr. Jaideep Kumar Mishra, Additional Secretary, MeitY, Smt Sunita Verma, Group Cordinator , MeitY, Dr Somnath Sengupta, IIT Kharagpur and Shri Om Krishan Singh, Scientist D, MeitY. This technology transfer has happened as part of Digital India Week which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 4th July, 2022 at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.